Americans "have got to know" if our last president conspired to commit treason and murder to end American democracy.

Did Donald Trump and some of the people around him conspire to have others murder the Vice President and Speaker of the House in order to hold power and conceal his crimes for another four years?

Time and evidence will eventually prove or disapprove that question, but the evidence before us right now is pretty grim.

Read more here.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "The House Had to Pass Two Big Bills in the Whiskey Hours Because of Ongoing Threats to the Capitol" by Charles P. Pierce.

Article: "Police bolster security at US Capitol as QAnon theory claims Trump will become president March 4" by Will Carless.

Article: "Trump's DC hotel is hiking prices for March 4, the day QAnon followers think the former president will be sworn in" by Joshua Zitser.

Article: "Timothy McVeigh" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Dylann Roof" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ku Klux Klan" (KKK) by Wikipedia.

Article: "House Democrats just passed the most important democracy reforms since the 1965 Voting Rights Act" by Stephen Wolf.

Article: "House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act before shutting down due to possible militia plot" by Laura Clawson.

Article: "National Voter Registration Act of 1993" (Motor Voter Act) by Wikipedia. "The Congress finds that -
(1) the right of citizens of the United States to vote is a fundamental right;"

Article: "Supreme Court to hear Arizona case with major voting rights implications" by Adam Brewster.

Article: "Sen. Joe Manchin on ending the filibuster: 'Jesus Christ, what don't you understand about 'never'?'" by Charles Davis.

Article: "Filibuster" by Wikipedia.

Article: "All 10 living former defense secretaries declare election is over in forceful public letter" by Paul LeBlanc.

Article: "Gov. Abbott ends statewide mask mandate, fully reopens all Texas businesses" by Natalie Solis, Steven Dial, Macy Jenkins.

Quote: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of they friends's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - John Donne.

Article: "California's intensive care nightmare: Which hospitals are full?" by Rachel Becker.

Article: "Virus Variant in Brazil Infected Many Who Had Already Recovered From Covid-19" by Carl Zimmer.

Article: "Covid-19: Brazil hospitals 'run out of oxygen' for virus patients" by BBC.

Article: "Sen. Johnson wants to force 10-hour reading of entire COVID bill, because he's a huge d*ck" by Aldous J Pennyfarthing.

Article: "Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests" by Jim Daley.

Article: "Shooting of Trayvon Martin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "None Dare Call It Treason & Murder" by Thom Hartmann.

Video: "11/17/1973: Nixon: 'I Am Not a Crook'".

Article: "'Getaway driver and thief' who are charged with murder, manslaughter and robbery after Starbucks customer, 34, died while chasing men who stole his laptop" by Maxine Shen, Leah McDonald, Matthew Wright.

Article: "January 5 Meeting at Trump International Hotel Could Hold the Key to the January 6 Insurrection" by Seth Abramson.

Article: "Ex-Defense Secretary Chris Miller goes off the rails in 'bonkers' article everyone is talking about" by Paul Szoldra.

Article: "We need to plan now in case Trump loses in November — but refuses to leave the White House" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump barred Pence's chief of staff from the White House after the president attacked Pence for not trying to overturn the election" by Kelsey Vlamis.

Article: "New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters" by Jamie Gangel, Kevin Liptak, Michael Warren and Marshall Cohen.

Article: "Donald Trump says the House might decide the election as he paints doomsday scenario of North Korea forging ballots, mass fraud, results off by 15% and protests which will be 'put down'" by Geoff Earle.

Article: "Shake-Up At Pentagon Puts Trump Loyalists Into Senior Roles" by Tom Bowman.

Article: "Officials Put 'Unusual' Limits on D.C. National Guard Before Riot, Commander Says" by Luke Broadwater and Michael S. Schmidt.

Article: "Trump steps in to keep 30-year-old NSC aide" by Kenneth P. Vogel, Eliana Johnson.

Article: "Testimony of William J. Walker Commanding General District of Columbia National Guard before Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Rules and Administration Committee 3 MAR 21".

Article: "D.C. Guard chief says 'unusual' restrictions slowed deployment of backup during Capitol riot" by Paul Sonne, Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett.

Video: Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Officials Testify on January 6 Capitol Attack, March 3 2021.

Article: "National Guard chief's disturbing testimony blames top Pentagon officials for crucial delay on Jan. 6" by Cody Fenwick.

Article: "Californians on universal basic income paid off debt and got full-time jobs" by AP.

Article: "Stockton's Basic Income Experiment Has Spectacular Outcome for Progressivism, Covid Relief Package" by Mrmuni12.

Article: "California city's 2-year universal basic income experiment yields great news" by Walter Einenkel.

Article: "Jim Jeffords" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jim Justice" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Public Health Service Act" by Wikipedia.

Law: "18 U.S. Code § 1510 - Obstruction of criminal investigations".

Article: "Jim Crow laws" by Wikipedia.

Article: "John C. Calhoun" by Wikipedia.

Article: "William F. Buckley Jr." by Wikipedia.

Article: "Russell Kirk" by Wikipedia.

Hour Two: Sanctions on Cuba are again in the news, have economic sanctions ever worked as a foreign policy tool? Do sanctions ever work as good economics?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Article: "80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Repeal Trump's 'Cruel' Sanctions on Cuba, Reverse US Hostility" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "Economic sanctions" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden administration accuses Russian intelligence of poisoning Navalny, and announces its first sanctions." by David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger.

Article: "Biden administration preparing to sanction Russia for SolarWinds hacks and the poisoning of an opposition leader" by Ellen Nakashima.

Article: "Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Third stimulus check: Why some people should file their taxes ASAP" by Aimee Picchi.

Article: "Third Stimulus Check Calculator: Will You Get The Full $1,400?" by Korrena Bailie, Kelly Anne Smith.

Article: "Vitamin D supplementation: Possible gain in life years combined with cost savings" by German Cancer Research Center.

Article: "Mincome" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Basic income" by Wikipedia.

Video: Will You Vote for Universal Basic Income in 2020 Election? (w/Andrew Yang).

Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.

Law: "39 U.S. Code § 202 - Board of Governors" (Postal Service).

Article: "Elaine Chao" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ethics probe led to criminal referral involving Elaine Chao, Transportation Dept. inspector general says" by Michael Laris.

Article: "Inspector General's Report Cites Elaine Chao for Using Office to Help Family" by Eric Lipton and Michael Forsythe.

Article: "New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says he will not resign, offers new apology for his behavior with women" by Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey.

Article: "Al Franken" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Wilbur Ross" by Wikipedia.

Site: Women's History Month.

Article: "Cleopatra" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The police officer whose head was smashed in a doorway by pro-Trump mob at US Capitol was injured and will be out of work 'for a while'" by Haven Orecchio-Egresitz.

Article: "When did the Jan. 6 rally become a march to the Capitol?" by Philip Bump.

Article: "Mayors Vow To Launch Guaranteed Income Programs Across US" by AP.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965" (preclearance).

Article: "Sarah Palin" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "Jesus was a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor. And perhaps they should understand the role of a community organizer is to help people in distress." - Donna Brazile.

Article: "Jesus was a Community Organizer – Pontius Pilate was a Governor!!" by Dr. Tom Hoban.

Article: "Obama tan suit controversy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "America's anti-democratic Senate, by the numbers" by Ian Millhiser.

Hour Three: Science Revolution: Support Grows for Rights of Wetlands
- Gillian T. Davies, Professional Wetland Scientist / Co-Convener-Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands / President Elect - Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program

Article: "Support Grows for Rights of Wetlands" by Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin, Gillian Davies.

Article: "Wetland" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump Administration Cuts Back Federal Protections For Streams And Wetlands" by Scott Neuman, Colin Dwyer.

Article: "Ramsar Convention" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rights of nature" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ecology" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Black Monday (1987)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff" (RCV) by FairVote.

Article: "How Proportional Representation Elections Work" by FairVote.

Book: Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill.

Carmel 5th Grade Student Working to Protect Indiana Wetlands
- Leo Berry & his mom Lindsey, Helping Ninjas

Article: "Carmel fifth-grade student working to protect Indiana wetlands" by Ashleigh Swan.

Article: "Amid fierce debate, here are the facts about Indiana's wetlands program" by London Gibson, Sarah Bowman.

Article: "El Paso Heeded the Warnings and Avoided a Winter Catastrophe" by Sierra Juarez.

Article: "Governor Greg Abbott Holds a 58% Approval Rating, According to a New Morning Consult Poll." by PoliticalAspie.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010)

Article: "William Proxmire" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Golden Fleece Award" by Wikipedia.

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